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DECEMBER PRECINCT MEETING INFORMATION – Thursday 5th December at 7.30pm

The draft agenda for the December Precinct meeting can be found here (closer to the meeting date).

DECEMBER COUNCIL MEETING INFORMATION – Tuesday 10th December at 5 pm

The full Agenda, Business papers and Enclosures for the December Council meeting can be downloaded here.

The Table of Contents of the December Council Business Paper can be downloaded here.

Some items of interest (download individual reports) for December are:

Item 12.1 Minutes of the Tourism and economic Development Committee November 2024 can be downloaded here.

Item 13.1 CEO report Bi-Monthly update Strategic Finance and Governance Improvement Plan December 2024. The varied PIO requires Council to provide bi-monthly reports to both the elected body and the NSW Office of Local Government (OLG) on the status of the implementation of all actions in the PIO, this reporting must commence by 24 July 2024. It can be downloaded here.

Item 14.1 – Monthly Financial report for October 2024. This report provides a year-to-date Statement of Financial Position and Income Statement for Council’s various business activities at a consolidated level and by program/service. This report aims to outline and explain any material deviations from budget year to date. It can be downloaded here.

Item 15.1 – Draft “Creative Kiama” Cultural Plan for 2025-29. “Creative Kiama” sets the vision and strategic goals for the future of arts and cultural activities in the Kiama region for 2025-29. This draft plan embodies the community’s aspirations and priorities for arts and culture, aligning with the key insights and feedback outlined in the Engagement Report. It can be downloaded here.

Item 15.2 – Memorandum of Understanding – South Coast Arts. This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Council and the South Coast Arts (SCA) expires in December 2024. Initiated by Create NSW, the intent of the MOU was to establish cooperation between the Kiama, Shoalhaven and Shellharbour councils through the SCA. Download it here.

Item 16.3 Traffic Committee report 3rd December 2024. Download it here.

Item 17.1 Kiama Council has just launched a new Community Engagement platform using Social Pinpoint to revamp its ‘Your Say’ section of the website to increase user friendliness and provide interactive feedback. This platform also allows staff to create more consistent engagement reports and better ‘close the loop’ – which is a key action of the current Community Engagement Strategy. Download the report here. Check out the new “Your Say” page here.

Item 17.3 Councillor Conduct Framework. Council has made a submission to the Office of Local Government in this regard and it can be downloaded here.

Item 19 (Questions with Notice) and Item 20 Notices of Motion are available here.

NOVEMBER PRECINCT MEETING INFORMATION – Thursday 14th November at 7.30pm

The draft agenda for the November Precinct meeting can be found here (closer to the meeting date).

NOVEMBER COUNCIL MEETING INFORMATION – Wednesday 20th November at 5 pm

The full Agenda, Business papers and Enclosures for the November Council meeting can be downloaded here.

The Table of Contents of the November Council Business Paper can be downloaded here.

Some items of interest (download individual reports) for November are:

Item 12 Minutes of the Advisory Committees – Audit Risk and Improvement Committee, Finance Advisory Committee and the Infrastructure and Liveability Advisory Committee can be downloaded here.

Item 13 Report of the Chief Executive Officer can be downloaded here. Note that Item 13.6 refers to the KMC Annual report 2023-2024 and the State of our Municipality Report 2021-24. Copies of these reports can be downloaded here.

Item 14 Report of the Chief Operating Officer can be downloaded here.

Item 15.2 Planning Proposal for Urban Release Area (South Kiama) can be downloaded here.

Item 15.3 Update on Draft Growth and Housing Strategy can be downloaded here.

Item 15.4 DA assessment and Housing approvals report July – September 2024 can be downloaded here.

Item 15.5 DA 105-107 Fern Street Gerringong can be downloaded here.

Item 15.6 DA 85 Barney Street Kiama can be downloaded here.

Item 15.7 Compliance Report can be downloaded here.

Item 15.8 Current Legal Matters can be downloaded here.

Item 16 Reports from Information can be downloaded here.

Item 17 Reports of the Director Infrastructure and Liveability can be downloaded here. Note that item 17.2, enclosed, is the traffic committee report which discusses the Gerringong road closures for the Xmas parade and also the Seven Mile Beach Landcare Group funding proposal.

The full agenda papers refer to a number of Notices of Motion from Councillors.

OCTOBER PRECINCT MEETING INFORMATION

The draft agenda for the October Precinct meeting can be found here (closer to the meeting date).

OCTOBER COUNCIL MEETING INFORMATION

The full agenda and Business papers for the October Council meeting can be downloaded here.

The Table of Contents of the October Council Business Paper can be downloaded here.

Some items of interest for October are:

Items 13.1, 13.2 and 13.3 relate to the election of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and any casual vacancies that occur in the next 18 month. These reports can be downloaded here.

Items 13.4, 13.5 and 13.6 relate to membership of Council Committees and Committees external to Council. Election of members. These reports can be downloaded here.

Items 13.8 and 13.9 relate to the delegations given to the CEO and the Mayor. These reports can be downloaded here.

** The current delegations document can be downloaded here for comparison purposes with the proposed new delegations.

Items 14.1 and 14.2 Financial and Investment reports. These reports can be downloaded here.

Item 14.3 Delivery Program and Operational Plan for Jan – June 2024. These reports can be downloaded here.

Item 15.1 Grants and Donations round 1 funding. It can be downloaded here.

Item 16.2 Update on west Kiama Planning proposal can be downloaded here.

The other items, including Compliance Office report, Liquor Accord and Traffic Management Committee did not have any Gerringong specific matters and can be viewed as part of the full business paper.

There is a resolution register at Item 16.1 on page 354 which gives a summary of progress made on past resolutions of Council.

The Southern Regional Planning Panel has reversed the Unanimous decision of Kiama Council to refuse the Traders in Purple Planning Proposal for over 1000 new dwellings in West Kiama, known as Springside Hill. Set out below are links to important documents related to the history of this PP.

Part 1: Traders in Purple (TIP), lodged a Planning Proposal for approximately 1069 new dwellings to be delivered over a 10 to 15 year timeframe. The proposal incorporates a mix of residential densities, commercial uses, recreation and conservation outcomes.

The applicant’s proposal website can be found here.

Council placed the proposal on public exhibition.

Part 2: At the Council meeting of 16th April 2024, Kiama Councillors voted unanimously to support the recommendations of the staff that the West Kiama Planning Proposal (Springside Hill) NOT be approved.

The Staff report can be downloaded here.

The minutes relating to Item 15.1 can be found here.

Video of the Council debate on item 15.1 can be found here. Scroll down to the list of items and select 15.1

Council  received a petition of 642 signatures opposing the Planning Proposal which was delivered  to the Council at the 16th April Meeting. See Item 17.9 in the Council meeting video.

An extract from the petition can be found here.

Minutes relating Item 17.9can be found here.

Part 3: As a result of the refusal, TIP requested a review of the decision and as Council had previously refused the PP, it was passed to the Southern Regional Planning Panel (SRPP) to undertake the review of Council’s decision.

The briefing report provided to the SRPP can befound here.

The full set of documents reviewed by the SRPP, together with the report on its decision can be found here.

Part 4: The SRPP overruled the Council decision and chose to allow the Planning Proposal to proceed to the Gateway provided that a number of conditions be met. The SRPP ruling also sets out a timeline for TIP to respond.

The record of decision of the SRPP can be found here.

Part 5: The decision to allow the Planning Proposal to proceed (with conditions) was met with considerable concern by both the Council and the wider community,

Kiama Council’s formal response to the SRPP decision is on the Council website and can be found here.

A Kiama Bugle report on the matter can be found here.

Part 6: In response to the overturning of Council’s refusal of the Planning Proposal an online Change.org petition has been established and is available here.

The July meeting of the South Precinct will be held at the Gerringong Town Hall on Thursday 11th July 2024 at 7.30pm

JULY PRECINCT MEETING INFORMATION

The draft agenda for the July Precinct meeting can be found here.

JULY COUNCIL MEETING INFORMATION

The full agenda and Business papers for the June Council meeting can be downloaded here.

The Table of Contents of the June Council Business Paper can be downloaded here.

Some specific items of interest are listed below. Those not specifically referenced can be found in the full business paper (check the table of contents for pages). NOTE item 15.1 draft Kiama Growth and Housing Strategy

Item 12.1 and 12.2 – Minutes of Committees download here.

Item 14.1 and 14.2 – Financial reports download here.

Item 15.1 – Staff report regarding the Kiama Growth and Housing Strategy download here.

Item 15.1 – Enclosure – the full Kiama Growth and Housing Strategy document here.

Item 15.2 – Development Assessment report download here.

The June meeting of the South Precinct will be held at the Gerringong Town Hall on Thursday 13th June 2024.

JUNE PRECINCT MEETING INFORMATION

The draft agenda for the June Precinct meeting can be found here.

JUNE COUNCIL MEETING INFORMATION

The full agenda and Business papers for the June Council meeting can be downloaded here.

The Table of Contents of the June Council Business Paper can be downloaded here.

Some specific items of interest are listed below. Those not specifically referenced can be found in the full business paper (check the table of contents for pages):

• Item 12 – Minutes of Committees (Finance Advisory Committee, Infrastructure and Lliveability Advisory Committee and Sustainable Communities Advisory Committee) can be found here.
• Item 13.2 – Community Engagement Strategy Final for endorsement is here.
• Item 14.4 – Statement of Investments can be found here.
• Item 15.1 – draft Dog Friendly Spaces Strategy can be found here.
• Item 15.2 – draft DCP for South Kiama Urban Release Area can be found here.
• Item 15.3 – Growth and Housing Strategy Update and Engagement report can be found here.
• Item 16.1 – Beach Lifeguard Services 2023/2024 Annual report can be found here.
• Item 16.2 – Traffic Committee minutes (has two local items) can be found here.
• Item 20 – Notices of Motion can be found here.

The April meeting of the South Precinct will be held at the Gerringong Town Hall on Thursday 11th March 2024.

COUNCIL MEETING INFORMATION

The full agenda and Business papers for the April Council meeting can be downloaded here.

The Table of Contents of the April Council Business Paper can be downloaded here.

Some specific items of interest have been extracted and can be found below:

Item 13.2 The Community Engagement Strategy can be downloaded here.

Item 13.3 Performance Improvement Order Implementation and Oversight committee report can be downloaded here.

Item 15.1 West Kiama Planning Proposal report can be downloaded here.

Item 15.2 Library Services Report can be downloaded here.

Item 17 Reports for Information can be downloaded here.

PRECINCT MEETING INFORMATION

The agenda for the April Precinct meeting can be found here.

There are two guest speakers at our April meeting. See details below.

Item 1: “Cows or Concrete” As mentioned previously we will have Karen Fowler from the group “Cows or Concrete” to discuss the large residential development proposal west of Kiama in the Spring Creek catchment. This proposal is very significant as Council undertakes its Growth and Housing Strategy. The outcome of these matters will have a significant impact on bearing on how growth in the Kiama LGA impacts on the Gerringong Gerroa area.

See above Item 15.1 on the West Kiama Planning Proposal and Item 17 page 485 on the Petition opposing the West Kiama PP with supporting comments here.

Item 2: Local “Affordable Housing” initiative. A new local initiative in the area of affordable housing called The Illawarra Housing Association Inc (IHA) has been established and Annette Pust will be presenting information on the IHA at our meeting. The founding members are : Founding members are Sandra McCarthy, Jeff McCarthy, Belinda Richardson Morris, Damian Morris and Annette Pust.

Draft Planning changes to increase densities near railway stations and Town Centres.

The NSW Government is proposing broad changes to planning rules that will apply to all councils in the “Six Cities” regions. Kiama LGA is part of the Illawarra Shoalhaven and is included.

The Station and town centres precincts are proposed to be:

• within the Six Cities Region; and
• 800m walking distance of a heavy rail, metro or light rail station; or
• 800m walking distance of land zoned E2 Commercial Centre or SP5 Metropolitan Centre; or
• 800m walking distance of land zoned E1 Local Centre or MU1 Mixed use but only if the zone contains a wide range of frequently needed goods and services such as full line supermarkets, shops and restaurants.
• The Department is seeking input from councils to determine which E1 and MUl centres contain an appropriate level of goods, services and amenities to be included.

The proposed non-refusal standards for residential flat buildings and shop top housing in the station and town centre precincts are:

In the inner part of the precincts within 400 metres of the stations/centres:

• Maximum Building Height: 21m
• Maximum FSR: 3:1

In the outer part of the precincts from 400 to 800 metres of the stations/centres:

• Maximum Building Height: 16m
• Maximum FSR: 2:1

The non-refusal standards will apply to any residential flat building and shop top housing development on land in station and town centre precincts (with the exception of land zoned R2).

For residential flat buildings, the non-refusal standards apply to land where this land use is currently permitted or proposed to be permitted. For shop- top housing, the non-refusal standards apply where this land use is currently permitted.

The Department of Planning has placed these changes on exhibition and submissions close on Friday 23rd February 2024. See this page for details.

Documents of interest – click to download:

Explanation of intended effect: Changes to create low-and mid-rise housing.

Draft State Environmental Planning Policy

Letter from the Better Planning Network

HOW THE CHANGES MIGHT APPLY TO GERRINGONG